---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000073756-23-000084"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "OII"
cik: "0000073756"
company_name: "OCEANEERING INTERNATIONAL INC"
filed_at: "2023-05-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-14T22:50:08.714673+00:00"
event_type: "other"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Oceaneering annual meeting elects directors; advisory votes approve compensation and annual frequency

## Summary
- William B. Berry elected with 84.9M votes for; Jon Erik Reinhardsen elected with 54.8M for, 34.6M withheld.
- Advisory vote on named executive officer compensation approved: 83.0M for, 6.1M against, 234.6K abstentions.
- Shareholders chose one-year frequency for future say-on-pay votes: 84.4M for 1 year, 3.9M for 3 years.
- Ratification of Ernst & Young as independent auditor for 2023 approved: 91.2M for, 2.9M against.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000073756-23-000084
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: OII
- cik: 0000073756
- company_name: OCEANEERING INTERNATIONAL INC
- filed_at: 2023-05-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.15
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/73756/000007375623000084/0000073756-23-000084-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/73756/000007375623000084/oii-20230516.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000073756-23-000084.txt

## Key facts
- Shareholder Votes
  OCEANEERING INTERNATIONAL INC shareholders approved Advisory vote on frequency of future say-on-pay votes at the 2023-05-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay frequency
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-16
  source text: 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 84,394,808 861,202 3,874,638 217,868 4,788,729
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/73756/000007375623000084/0000073756-23-000084-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  OCEANEERING INTERNATIONAL INC shareholders approved Advisory vote to approve compensation of named executive officers at the 2023-05-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: say on pay
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-16
  source text: For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 83,031,367 6,082,514 234,635 4,788,729
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/73756/000007375623000084/0000073756-23-000084-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  OCEANEERING INTERNATIONAL INC shareholders approved Election of Class I Directors at the 2023-05-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: director election
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-16
  source text: Name of Director For Withheld Broker Non-Votes William B. Berry 84,920,916 4,427,600 4,788,729 Jon Erik Reinhardsen 54,791,443 34,557,073 4,788,729
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/73756/000007375623000084/0000073756-23-000084-index.htm
- Shareholder Votes
  OCEANEERING INTERNATIONAL INC shareholders approved Ratification of Ernst & Young LLP as independent auditors at the 2023-05-16 meeting.
  - Proposal: auditor ratification
  - Outcome: passed
  - Meeting: 2023-05-16
  source text: For Against Abstentions Broker Non-Votes 91,187,919 2,865,030 84,296 —
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/73756/000007375623000084/0000073756-23-000084-index.htm

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